Prison Break

Last week, CBS premiered the new political drama Madam Secretary, which stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth Faulkner McCord, the U.S. Secretary of State. It's hardly a far-fetched concept, as we've seen three female secretaries of state since 1997: Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton.

The former Prison Break star, 41, went public with the news in a letter to the St. Petersburg International Film Festival director Maria Averbakh, who had invited him to attend.

According to the message, which was posted on GLAAD's website Wednesday, Miller thanked Averbakh for the "kind invitation" but turned it down because, "As a gay man … I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government."

Prison Break actor Lane Garrison "displayed symptoms of alcohol intoxication" after being involved in a fatal car crash on Saturday, police said in a press conference Monday, but no charges have been filed.

Like his Prison Break costar Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco has left the Big House as the show's second season begins. But life on the run in Texas, where the show is shooting, has its own challenges – in particular, the heat and humidity, which trump even that of the 25-year-old actor's native Puerto Rico. But Nolasco, who plays fellow escapee Fernando Sucre, is finding comfort in other kinds of hot spots while shooting in Dallas. PEOPLE caught up with the former biology student about staying cool and unleashing his inner cowboy.